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gr. in leone se, ll we show you how the city hopes to make sure that doesn't happen again. >> do you have a suction cup? >> reporter: he is a busy man these days. >> i'm here to inspect your windows. >> reporter: after this winter storm blew out windows across the city, even in some high-rise buildings, allen's been working around the clock to fix all the damage and prevent more windows from breaking in the future. >> you'll see a lot of corrosion here around the bolt. this bolt sometimes will decay and fail. and if that fails, this can fall off. >> reporter: the city changed its window inspection
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requirements last month to try and improve safety. now all high-rises, even though built in the last 30 years, must undergo inspections. >> i think it's a great thing, and it will give a lot of reassurance the buildings are safe. >> reporter: allen says the new rules only apply to buildings over 15 stories and don't change how most of the smaller buildings in the city are inspected. but even so, he says many of the owners of those smaller buildings are choosing to get inspections anyway. >> to be proactive and look at how their building is fairing in regards to maintenance and whether buildings need to be, have windows replaced on them. >> reporter: allen says the inspections themselves don't take long to do. it's the process of fixing any issues found during those inspections that can take time. >> we'll take this gasket out on all four sides, recenter the glass, put gaskets back in, and then we'll use a structural
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silicone caulk on the bottom and on the top that will lock the glass in place so it won't have movement in the future. but this is a classic example, and the symptom is the rattling that it makes. >> reporter: allen says every building and every window is different. inspecting all of them will be a big project for the city. >> it's not just a simple undertaking. it's something that's going to take quite a bit of effort. >> reporter: effort, though, that allen says he hopes will give residents more peace of mind that the windows in their homes and the ones they're walking under downtown are safe. a protected bikeway down valencia street between 15th and 23rd streets in the mission district. the pilot project aims to separate cyclists from all the cars and trucks that pull over in the area. construction is expected to take about 2 months. and the fate of the seats in the castro theater is still
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undecided. the board of supervisors land use and transportation committee delayed a vote to make them a historic landmark. if that happens, it would top the plan to replace the current seats with removable ones. the theater is operated by the group another planet. they say removable seats would allow them to turn the theater into a concert venue. protesters brought their message about sustainable energy straight to the doorstep of wells fargo downtown headquarters. they attached their arms to red pipelines, even blocked the doors at one point. the group behind the protest on the mic today has been calling on big banks to stop investing in big oil. >> what they invest in affects all of us. you know, it's not just them. it's not just their money. it's all our lives. all of the world. >> we reached out to wells fargo. they said we are
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committed to reaching our goals and to supporting our clients in traditional energy as well as the renewable energy sector to facilitate an orderly energy transition. it has a goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions for itself and its clients by 2050. meantime, the supreme court will let local governments in california sue oil companies in state court. oil companies have tried to block those lawsuits since they were filed in 2017. the plaintiffs claim oil companies are worsening climate change and lying to all of us about it. those plaintiffs include bay area cities, counties, and companies. introduced a trio of new bills related to gun control and gun violence. one measure would strengthen the process of taking guns away from people who are not allowed to have them. another would bar state and local agencies from selling
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guns, parts, ammo, and body armor. >> we will continue to work together on legislation that will put an end to gun violence, and then we will work together not just to bind our wounds because many of us have them and sow the seeds of peace and love. >> the third bill would improve translation services for non-english speakers during emergencies like a mass shooting. an overdose from fentanyl can happen anywhere, which is why there's a new push in sacramento to make sure anybody anywhere can get their hands on narcan. would require insurers to cover the cost of that overdose reversing drug. the bill's first hearing is set for tomorrow. more than three years after the who declared covid-19 a global pandemic, we're discovering new sub variants of the virus. the world health
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organization says they are watching a new variant of interest. it's called xbb-116 but has been nicknamed arcturus. the variant is part of the omicron lineage. it was identified in the india earlier this year and has spread to more than 20 countries including the u.s. the new variant could potentially cause a new symptom. >> the prior strains we were seeing more cold, fever, cough, headaches even. pink eye wasn't as common. with this particular strain, we are seeing this a little bit more commonly in more patients. >> the doctor says although it's allergy season and some common cold viruses are still going around, if you happen to have symptoms of watery, red, itchy eyes, you should take a covid test just to make sure. all right. so you're going to want to write this one down. it will affect you not only today, a traffic alert for you
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in the east bay. cal trans closed the off ramp from i-80 to gilman. it will be open again thursday but only for a few days before beginning a 50-day closure on may 2nd. it's a project that includes bike and pedestrian crossings. holding a public hearing right now about adding a toll along highway 37. it would run from seres point to mayor's island. if approved, the money from that toll would pay for raising the flood-prone roadway. rising sea levels could overwhelm the highway in the next 20 years. after years of struggle and store closures, bed, bath, and beyond are going out of business. the company filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection over the weekend. it will be closing its remaining 360 stores and 120 bye bye baby locations by the end of june. those stores collectively employ about 14,000 people. the chain used to dominate in its
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category in retail but was never able to come up with an effective answer to online options like amazon. >> from your medications up to bedding, bath, everything. i'm sad. it's gone. it's a new way of life, online. >> watch out for this. store closing sales start this wednesday. so if you have a bed, bath, and beyond coupon, you have until that day to get it used. still ahead, a frightening malfunction during a show at disneyland. we'll hear from patrons who witnessed this surreal scene. >> why some students are celebrating their rejection from their top college choices. >> what colleges have the nerve to reject someone like kesha? i think
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a federal trial is under way for the man accused of killing 11 worshipers at a pittsburgh, pennsylvania synagogue. 50-year-old robert bowers could face the death penalty for the 2018 massacre, which happened as members of three jewish congregations held sabbath services. jury selection begins today and simultaneously a representative introduced legislation to strengthen hate crime rules. >> this was inspired by what took place at tree of life, but its intent is very much to protect all vulnerable groups. >> a special ceremony was held outside the tree of life congregation, which will be turned into a memorial for the 11 victims. all right, so this is about the last thing that you want to see when you are on an airplane. look out that window. these are flames shooting from under the wing there. pretty squarery, right? a bird
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apparently got sucked into the engine shortly after takeoff. this is columbus, ohio. an american airlines flight turned around and despite this scary scene, it landed safely. speaking of combustion, disney is suspending the use of pyrotech nicks at its theme park after a 45-foot dragon, as you can see, went up in flames at disneyland over the weekend. >> oh! oh, my gosh. >> yeah, the finales are spectacular, but this is not what they intended. this was the nighttime show at disneyland. it was supposed to be a fire-breathing dragon. it forced cast members and guests to evacuate the area. dozens of videos on social media show the surreal scene just before 11:00 p.m. even visitors in other parts of the park quickly took notice. >> we know there's some smoke usually with the show, but this time we're like that's a lot of smoke. it's a lot of black smoke too. so we look and we're
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like something's on fire. i'm pretty sure something's on fire. we're like no way, it's disney. that doesn't happen. >> it il no one was hurt. disney says it is investigating what caused that fire. still ahead, an unexpected visitor at an alaska movie theater. we'll introduce you to a very hungry intruder. just wanted popcorns. >> the day after round one game, one team is hurting, and well it happened. why aaron rogers will be throwing passes in the a different home stadium. >> coming up on the cbs evening news, a cbs news investigation has been digging into the collapse of u.s. hospitals leaving some of america's most vulnerable communities searching for care and investors with millions in their pockets. our exclusive
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use your imagination for this part of the newscast. imagine getting stuck sitting behind this guy at the movies. turns out he was only there for the popcorn. >> he's a moose. look at that guy, strolled right through the front door of this theater near anchorage. he helped himself to some popcorn. >> he was like hey, um, is this
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where the merryl streep picture is happening? they were able to coax the moose outside. i heard moose are mean. >> are they mean? a little temperamental. they were only able to do that because this moose was a juvenile, just a little guy by moose standard >> thung lady at the concession stand. she's taking a picture. this would be so cool on the tik tokes. >> you think maybe they get their orneriness? >> he's eating. he's medicating himself with popcorn, which is something i very much identify with, paul heggen. stress eating popcorn. >> are moose lactose intolerant? >> good question. >> we don't have the video. >> see how much butter was on the popcorn. >> i was thinking the milk
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duds. let's look at what's happening weather wise. we're going too far down that road. upper strong pressure is building. there's going to be a hill of air that is camped out over the west coast for the rest of this week, and that compresses the air at ground level and warms it up. temperatures will be well above average inland and across the board wednesday and thursday even, closer to the water we could see temperatures well above normal for the rest of the week. suppress the development of clouds for the most part. we're looking ahead to this weekend when the rain chances are still zero. then the first week of may, there is a chance for a couple of showers to maybe drift in our direction. once we're around the corner from late april into early may, the rain chances tend to be few and far between. there is some signal in the long-range data toward a chance for light rain showers around the bay area. until then, there's nothing to remove pollen from the atmosphere.
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we'll be locked into the medium high category on the pollen count. it's mulberry, oak, and grass pollen. temperatures were warm inland. low 70s for san jose, which is close to normal for this time of year. but a wide variety of temperatures. only 52 in pacifica. a 25-degree spread from the coast to further inland. current temperatures are mostly running in the 60s and 70s inland. 50s and 60s by the bay. the fog we see late tonight is not going to last very long. it will be patchy fog that develops early tomorrow morning. we should see plenty of sunshine for the rest of the day. we'll start off in the 40s. we'll warm up into the 60s and 70s around the bay. a few degrees above average. let's zoom in. the exception along the coast. that's 10 degrees warmer than today for pacifica. right around 80 degrees in the santa clara
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valley. a couple of upper 70s but mostly low 80s inland and the east bay. not nearly as warm around the bay but slightly above average. mid-60s in san francisco with low 70s for lock and. the east b■ay, mix of upper 70s and low 80s. our temperatures will continue warming up wednesday and thursday. thursday is the peak of this little warm spell with temperatures will hit the mid-70s in the city. we start backing down with a stronger on shore breeze. it's not going to push too far inland. inland temperatures likely to reach into the 80s friday and saturday. maybe slightly cooler for the second half of the weekend. we start off on monday with below average temperatures. 50s along the coast. 60s around the bay. low 70s further inland with a slight chance of showers. time now for a check on what's ahead at 6:00. let's
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switch it over to juliette goodrich. or as i call her glitter. >> paul has a nice tan. he must have been on vacation. oakland students should know by this time tomorrow whether their teachers pn to go on strike. the potential disruption that is coming up at a very critical time. we're going to hear from some family who is are sympathetic to the teachers. they're worried about getting caught in the middle. >> we can support teachers and not support a teacher strike. >> it's an effort to close a racial gap in the medical field, black middle schoolers getting unique hands-on exposure to a potential career in healthcare. the news at 6:00 coming up in 10 minutes. warriors, kings fans take note. if you joined us late, an injury has hit the sacramento kings. hit star guard darren fox who has a broken finger on his left shooting hand. he's listed as doubtful for game 5 against the warriors. he's
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averaging 30 points per game. can the kings win without him? remember the end of sunday's game? curry caught in a trap. he called one. that's a technical foul. they can chuckle about this now, but that game finished closer than it should have been. >> i thought it was the smartest play in the world when i got the ball, turned around, saw the trap, realized there was no real outlets. instead of turning it over, it was kind of the heady play, but it turned out not to be. i looked over at the bench and everybody was shaking their head. good learning lesson. thankfully we came away with the win. >> sacramento down one, had a shot to win. they did not want fox to shoot the game winner. green and curry forced to pass to barnes. and barnes just missed it. much to the relief of clay thompson. >> i was nervous. i'm really happy harrison missed it. still my guy, but i was hoping he
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missed it really badly. >> if he hit it, great shot. he didn't, and you know, whether he hit it or not, it's the right thing to make someone else beat you. he didn't. it worked. great shot. >> nfl, it finally happened. aaron rodgers has been traded by the packers to the jets. the team swapped first-round picks in this thursday's draft. green picks and a possible first rounder for next year. announced last month he wanted to play in new york. it ends rodgers 18-year run in green bay where he won four mvps and a super bowl. brock purdy appears to have the inside track. teamshave contacted the niners about the lance. today, general manager john lynch
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responded. >> i expect trey to be here. i think there's a lot of smoke really. it hasn't been extremely active, and it's not like we've put it out there that hey, we're taking offers for trey. call 1-800. >> until further notice, the trey area hype machine rolls on. 49ers don't have a pick in the draft until friday's third round. >> what are they going to do? who are they going to choose? still ahead at 5:00, embracing rejection. why a group of california high school seniors go
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welcome back. high school seniors across the country fiout whetth tothfirst pifor llrackinne group of students isn't letting rejection get them down. they are embracing it. >> reporter: you could call that sound therapeutic. >> rising up, back on the streets. >> reporter: listening to eye of the tiger. >> took my chances. >> reporter: one by one, seniors from downtown magnet high school shredded their dreaded college rejection letters. >> what colleges have the nerve to reject someone like kesha? >> i think it's some place called barnard. >> boo. >> ugh. >> reporter: but kesha wasn't alone.
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>> i was rejected from georgetown. >> i got rejected from uci, uc irvine. >> i have quite a few. i have northwestern, northeastern, cornell, ucla. >> reporter: the king of rejection letters? >> long beach, usc, uh. >> reporter: this guy with 17. >> columbia. yale, vanderbilt. >> reporter: and while it might seem like an odd thing to celebrate who got rejected the most, counselor linda mcgee isn't trying to sugar coat life for her students. >> the rejection party is to take the sting out of college rejections because rejection is a part of life. and it's time that people understand you don't always get a trophy. >> reporter: but in this case, students did get ice cream. and by the end were feeling pretty grateful for those awful letters. >> it was a really good opportunity for students,
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including myself, to kind of forget about the rejections and celebrate the fact that we're college bound. i know a lot of students from our school are first generation, low income. it's something we should celebrate. this is a great way of doing that. >> you feel the tension releasing already. >> yep. >> so good. >> need to do the same thing on valentine's day. >> we do. that's it for the news at 5:00. thanks so much. imagine finding out your school is shutting down the same week you're supposed to take an important exam. it could be reality for thousands of oakland students. they're waiting to hear if their teachers are going to go on strike. >> it will actually be a huge impact. sometimes you have to make things hurt in order to be heard. >> a strike threat could leave oakland families scrambling at a critical time. we hear from the people caught in the middle. >> and it's like no, we can support teachers and not support a teacher strike. >> pleasant weather today but a big warm up on the way the rest of the week. i'm tracking how close we'll be to record territory in the first alert
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forecast. >> the big melt is now here. >> the fears that rising temperatures could trigger a dangerous spring snow melt. >> it is looking like this week is going to be an exclamation point on this melting process. >> closing a racial gap in the medical field. >>it's pretty cool. like, it's cool to see african american doctors because you don't usually see that. >> the effort to inspire black teenager ins the bay area to consider a career in healthcare. >> i'm glad i came instead of going to the football camp that the school was having. this is cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich. >> it is such a crucial time for students right now, and a strike threat could leave oakland families scrambling at a critical time. we hear from the people caught in the middle of it all. and the fears are rising. oakland teachers now are wondering what they're going to do. and here's what we know right now. members of the oakland education association are wrapping up a vote on whether to authorize a strike.
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the union is expected to announce the results tomorrow evening. if approved, a strike could happen as early as monday. we're talking may 1st. the district

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